Improvement in seed-drills



DAVIS & PEABODY.

Seed-Planter No. 59,123 Patented Oct 23, 1866',

WA {mums Jwumtm- MFE'ERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C- NITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. V. DAVIS AND GEORGE W. PEABODY, OF AMHERST, ASSIGNORS TO GEORGE W.PEABODY, OF AMHERST, AND CHAR-LES B. TUTTLE, OF

MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-DRILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,123, dated October23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, H. V. DAVIS and GEORGE W. PEABODY, of Amherst, inthe county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented anew and Improved Seed-Drill; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of our invention; Fig. 2, a transverse sectionof the samc,taken in the line :10 as, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved seed-drill of that classwhich are operated by hand-that is to say, shoved along by the operator,no team or horse being required to perform the work.

A represents a bar, which serves as a handle for the device, and B B aretwo strips, which are attached to the lower end of bar A, one at eachside of the same, and forming acute angles therewith, as shown inFig. 1. Between the rear ends of the strips B B there is a roller, 3,the axle a of which has its bearings in the strips B B, the axle atextending through one of the strips B, and having upon it a cam, D,formed of a zigzag groove, I),

made in the periphery of a small wheel, 0.

(See Fig. 2.)

On the lower part of the bar A there is a box, D in which the seed to beplanted is placed, and between the front ends of the strips B B afurrow-opener, E, is secured by a pivot, 01. I

In the box D there is placed transversely a partition-plate, 6, having ahole, f, made in it at about its center. The plate 0 is fixed orstationary, and directly behind the plate 6 there is a reciprocatingplate, 9, having a hole,

h, made in it. This plate 9 extends entirely through the box D", andthrough one end of the plate g a bent rod, E, passes, the rear end ofthe latter being attached to an arm, 2', on the bar A, and the oppositeend extending down and fitting in the groove 1) of the cam D. In thelower part of the box D a hole is made to allow the seed to pass outfrom the box.

The seed is placed in the box D", above the partition-plate e andreciprocating plate g. As the machine is shoved along a reciprocatingmotion is given the plate 9 by means of the cam l) and rod E, and theseed passes from the upper part of thebox D through the holes f h in theplates 6 g, as said rollers come in line with each other at eachmovement of g, the seed, after passing through the holes f h, rollingdown to the lower end of the box D and passing out at the hole therein,

and dropping into the furrow made by the opener E, the roller 0 coveringthe seed.

This device may be manufactured at a small cost, and it will prove to bea valuable affair for sowing small seeds in drills.

Having thus described our 1nvention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, is

The bar A, having the seed-box D secured upon its lower part and thestrips B B attached to its lower end, and with the roller 0 betweentheir rear ends, and the furrow-open er E at their front ends, incombination with the from the axis of the roller 0, substantially asshown and described.

nEnMon v. DAVIS. GEORGE w. PEABODY.

\Vitnesses CHARLES RICHARDSON, SUSIE A. FEW.

